DOUBLING POINT

Year Established:
1898
Existing:
Yes
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2002
Photo Credit:
Candace Clifford
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society

LOCATION

Location:
ARROWSIC ISLAND/KENNEBEC RIVER
Latitude:
43° 53'
Longitude:
69° 48.4'
City / Town:
ARROWSIC
U.S. State:
Maine
Location County:
SAGADAHOC
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Owner / Manager:
Friends of Doubling Point Light
Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. DOUBLING POINT
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1899
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
GRANITE BLOCKS
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
23
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
23
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL
Fog Signal Building?:
Yes
Year Fog Signal Building Constructed:
1898
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1898
Keeper's Quarters Style:
L-SHAPED
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
OIL HOUSE, STORAGE BUILDING

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
VLB-44 (LED), SOLAR POWERED (INSTALLED 2017)
Original Optic Type:
FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1902
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1988
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017